1826--Andrew Shields

Item

Title
1826--Andrew Shields
Date
1826
Formatted date
1826-07-01
Event type
Escape
Description
Andrew Shields, a man of color, is bound and confined in Lawrenceburg by George and Benjamin Brasher. Brasher claims he is a Kentucky runaway, Shields claims he a a free man being kidnapped. Brasher claimed the slaveholder hired him and lived in "Miami Bottom" in Kentucky.
Participant
African American(s): Andrew Shields
Slave holder(s): Benjamin Brasher; George Brasher
Brasher, George Washington [1]
Related resource
Shields family
Brasher family
Bibliographic citation
"Dark Business," Indiana Palladium, Volume 2, Number 25, Lawrenceburg, IN, 1 July 1826.
Source
Dark Business

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Brasher, George Washington [1] Person